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SUSE Linux Enterprise: 2020:3877-1 Critical: Slurm Buffer Overflow
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December 18, 2020
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
This update for slurm_18_08 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2020-27745: Fixed a potential buffer overflow from use of unpackmem (bsc#1178890). - CVE-2020-27746: Fixed a potential leak of the magic cookie when sent as an argument to the xauth command (bsc#1178891). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-3877=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-3877=1 Package List:
References
#1178890 #1178891
Cross- CVE-2020-27745 CVE-2020-27746
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27745.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27746.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178890
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178891
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3877-1
Rating: important
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